Agile Contracts in the Thames Valley

Agile Software Development
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Agile skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Agile over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Agile 352 616 749
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.15% 20.97% 21.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.08% 22.84% 24.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 465 542
10th Percentile £406 £402 £388
25th Percentile £465 £453 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £620 £620 £588
90th Percentile £688 £683 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £517
% change year-on-year - +6.38% +8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 3
10th Percentile £27.21 £22.20 £55.35
25th Percentile £41.88 £22.50 £58.88
Median hourly rate £53.03 £70.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +6.87% +87.14%
75th Percentile £59.95 £75.75 £76.88
90th Percentile £60.26 - £83.25
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £55.00 £49.29
% change year-on-year +6.00% +11.58% -1.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Agile is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,334 2,697 3,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.19% 91.83% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,872 2,094
10th Percentile £213 £323 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 85
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £24.86 £12.05
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.00
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Agile in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Agile in the Thames Valley

Agile
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -7 247 £575 +9.52% 72
Buckinghamshire +1 82 £550 - 50
Oxfordshire -1 23 £450 -16.28% 40
Agile
South East

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (6.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.26%) Confluence
3 13 (3.69%) Apache
4 11 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.99%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.70%) OpenStack
6 6 (1.70%) SAS
7 3 (0.85%) Appian
8 2 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.57%) nginx
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) Drupal
9 1 (0.28%) Jadu
9 1 (0.28%) JBoss
9 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 14 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.70%) SPSS
4 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.57%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.28%) Sketch
7 1 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 15 (4.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (2.27%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (2.27%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.85%) Primavera
4 2 (0.57%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.28%) Maximo
5 1 (0.28%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MII
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 92 (26.14%) Azure
2 45 (12.78%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
4 26 (7.39%) AWS
5 24 (6.82%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (5.40%) Serverless
8 16 (4.55%) Azure Storage
9 15 (4.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 13 (3.69%) SaaS
11 12 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (3.41%) Azure Functions
11 12 (3.41%) Power Platform
12 11 (3.13%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.27%) PaaS
14 7 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (1.70%) Azure Cognitive Search
15 6 (1.70%) Azure Key Vault
16 5 (1.42%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.10%) DNS
2 24 (6.82%) DHCP
3 19 (5.40%) Firewall
4 18 (5.11%) Radio Access Network
5 15 (4.26%) SAN
5 15 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 14 (3.98%) VPN
7 11 (3.13%) BGP
7 11 (3.13%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (3.13%) MPLS
8 6 (1.70%) Network Security
9 4 (1.14%) VSAN
10 2 (0.57%) WAN
11 1 (0.28%) 3G
11 1 (0.28%) 4G
11 1 (0.28%) ATM
11 1 (0.28%) Broadband
11 1 (0.28%) DSL
11 1 (0.28%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (5.97%) NoSQL
3 12 (3.41%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.41%) Power BI
4 11 (3.13%) Relational Database
4 11 (3.13%) Tableau
5 7 (1.99%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.70%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (1.42%) Big Data
7 5 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.85%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.85%) MySQL
9 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.57%) Power Query
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.28%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.28%) DB2
10 1 (0.28%) Impala
10 1 (0.28%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 47 (13.35%) JIRA
2 26 (7.39%) Git
3 14 (3.98%) Robot Framework
4 13 (3.69%) GitLab
5 12 (3.41%) TestRail
6 8 (2.27%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.99%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.42%) JUnit
8 5 (1.42%) Selenium
9 3 (0.85%) Postman
9 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.57%) Maven
10 2 (0.57%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.28%) Axure RP
11 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.28%) Mockito
11 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.28%) Subversion
11 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.28%) Xcode
General
1 93 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 64 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (8.24%) Finance
4 24 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.53%) Telecoms
6 16 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.13%) Marketing
8 10 (2.84%) Billing
9 9 (2.56%) Automotive
9 9 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.27%) Legal
10 8 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.42%) Mandarin Language
12 5 (1.42%) Retail
13 4 (1.14%) Electronics
14 3 (0.85%) Military
14 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 71 (20.17%) Developer
2 47 (13.35%) Analyst
3 45 (12.78%) Project Manager
4 41 (11.65%) Senior
5 24 (6.82%) Lead
6 21 (5.97%) Consultant
7 20 (5.68%) Python Developer
8 15 (4.26%) Active Directory Support
8 15 (4.26%) Azure Specialist
8 15 (4.26%) Full Stack Developer
8 15 (4.26%) Senior Manager
9 14 (3.98%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (3.98%) Support Specialist
10 13 (3.69%) Architect
11 12 (3.41%) Azure Developer
11 12 (3.41%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.41%) Senior Project Manager
12 11 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.13%) Scrum Master
12 11 (3.13%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.40%) REST
2 17 (4.83%) SOAP
3 16 (4.55%) ARM Templates
4 14 (3.98%) AngularJS
4 14 (3.98%) HTML
4 14 (3.98%) Node.js
4 14 (3.98%) React
5 12 (3.41%) .NET
6 11 (3.13%) NETCONF
6 11 (3.13%) RESTCONF
6 11 (3.13%) YANG
7 10 (2.84%) CSS
7 10 (2.84%) Kafka
8 9 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (2.27%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.99%) Spring
10 7 (1.99%) Web Services
11 6 (1.70%) D3.js
11 6 (1.70%) RESTful
12 5 (1.42%) Itk
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.65%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.82%) PKI
3 17 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.98%) Robotics
5 12 (3.41%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.99%) Client/Server
6 7 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.42%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.42%) PMI
8 4 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.14%) Life Science
8 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.85%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.57%) CSOC
10 2 (0.57%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.22%) Linux
2 28 (7.95%) Windows
3 24 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.26%) Debian
4 15 (4.26%) Ubuntu
4 15 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.57%) Android
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (34.38%) DevOps
2 74 (21.02%) Scrum
3 58 (16.48%) CI/CD
4 56 (15.91%) ITIL
5 52 (14.77%) Project Management
6 51 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (10.51%) Analytics
8 37 (10.51%) Test Automation
8 37 (10.51%) Waterfall
9 34 (9.66%) Project Delivery
10 33 (9.38%) Release Management
11 31 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 31 (8.81%) Unit Testing
12 30 (8.52%) Decision-Making
13 28 (7.95%) Microservices
14 25 (7.10%) Matrix Organization
14 25 (7.10%) Workflow
15 24 (6.82%) Data Modelling
16 23 (6.53%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 57 (16.19%) Python
2 30 (8.52%) SQL
3 28 (7.95%) PowerShell
4 27 (7.67%) C#
5 23 (6.53%) VBScript
6 20 (5.68%) JavaScript
7 16 (4.55%) Bicep
7 16 (4.55%) Java
7 16 (4.55%) VB
8 8 (2.27%) C
8 8 (2.27%) PHP
9 6 (1.70%) R
10 3 (0.85%) Ruby
11 2 (0.57%) C++
11 2 (0.57%) Go
11 2 (0.57%) Scala
12 1 (0.28%) COBOL
12 1 (0.28%) JCL
12 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 77 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 60 (17.05%) DV Cleared
4 51 (14.49%) Degree
5 16 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 11 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 9 (2.56%) PMP
8 5 (1.42%) CIPD
9 4 (1.14%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.14%) VCAP
9 4 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.85%) CCNP
10 3 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.85%) MCSE
10 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.57%) APMP
11 2 (0.57%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.82%) QA
2 8 (2.27%) PMO
3 5 (1.42%) NIST
4 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.85%) GDPR
4 3 (0.85%) NCSC
5 2 (0.57%) COBIT
6 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.82%) Docker
3 16 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.14%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) HDFS
6 1 (0.28%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 39 (11.08%) Kubernetes
2 20 (5.68%) SCOM
3 19 (5.40%) SCCM
4 17 (4.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (4.83%) WSUS
5 16 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (2.84%) Ansible
7 8 (2.27%) Kibana
8 6 (1.70%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.70%) Terraform
9 5 (1.42%) Argo
9 5 (1.42%) Grafana
9 5 (1.42%) Istio
10 2 (0.57%) Rancher
Vendors
1 81 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.51%) VMware
3 22 (6.25%) Oracle
4 17 (4.83%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.27%) SAP
7 7 (1.99%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.14%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.85%) Cisco
9 3 (0.85%) Citrix
9 3 (0.85%) Siemens
10 2 (0.57%) Adobe
10 2 (0.57%) AlgoSec
10 2 (0.57%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.57%) HP
10 2 (0.57%) Informatica
10 2 (0.57%) Juniper
10 2 (0.57%) Veeam
11 1 (0.28%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.28%) Dynatrace